Pneumatic tire



Patented A'p'r. 4, |899.

y H. N. WAYNE.

PNEUMATIG TIRE.

(Application led June 1li, 189B.)

(No Model.)

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IIERBERT N. WAYNE, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSI-GNOR TO T HE INTERNATIONAL RUBBER TIRE COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

PNEUMATIC TIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,304, dated April 4, 1899.

Application filed .Tune 15, 1898. Serial No. 683,480. (No model.)

lof Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pneumatic Tires,

` of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a strong and durable pneumatic tire which shall be free from liability to be punctured by ordinary means.

The invention consists in the improvements which I Will nour proceed `to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l represents a transverse section of a completed tire embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of a portion of the tire partially completed. Fig. 3 represents a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig.'4 represents a View similar to Fig. 3, showing additional parts of the tire. Fig. 5 represents a side View of a portion of one of the helically-Wound strips shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 represents a view of a portion of the protection-strip shown in Figs. l and 4.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, a represents an air-tube of rubber, which is formed in the usual or any suitable Way, of unvulcanized rubber. After forming the tube aand before vulcanizing it I cover the tube with an inner connuing-layer b, composed of a strip b' of loosely- Woven fabric, the cloth of the strip being cut straight, so that the warp threads extend lengthwise of the strip, as shown in Fig. 5, said strip being treated With unvulcanized rubber in the usual manner to form frictioned stock. The strip b is Wound helically upon the outer surface of the unvulcanized airtube. conning-layer c, composed of a strip o of frictioned stock similar to the strip b' and Wound helically upon the inner layer l), the direction of Winding of the strip c being opposite to that of the strip b', as shown in Fig. 2.

cl represents a protection-strip which is composed of close-Woven fabric cut on the bias, as indicated in Fig. 6, and treated withun- Upon the inner'layer t I form an outer vulcanized rubber. The protection-strip d is of sufficient Width to extend across the tread portion of the tire and extend partly around the layers b and c. I prefer to separate the central portion of the strip d from the corresponding portion of the outer layer c by a space or pocket which receives a cushion e, of sponge -rubber or other suitable material, adapted to protect the air-tube against puncturing means. When the sponge-rubber cushion e is employed, the cushion is first formed and partly vulcanized to render it spongy and `placed on the outer layer c, the latter, together `canize the rubber portions in the usual or any suitable manner, thus completing the tire.

I do not limit myself to the employment of a cushion e, as, if desired, all portions of the inner surface of the protection-strip d could bear upon the outer layer c, the pocket and cushion being omitted.

lI claim 1. A pneumatic tire com prisingan air-tube, a covering therefor composed of two layers of frictioned stock helically Wound,'said layers being wound in opposite directions, a protection-strip attached -to the outer layer, and a coating of rubber covering the outer layerand the protection-strip.

2. Apneumatictirecomprisinganair-tube, a fibrous covering helically Wound thereon, a cushion on the outer side of said covering, a protection-strip secured to the covering at opposite edges of the cushion and extending across the outer face of the cushion, and a coating of rubber covering the outer layer and the protection-strip.

3. A pneumatic tire comprising an air-tube a and iibrous covering therefor, the protec- IOO tion-strip (l extending over only a portion of In testimony whereof I have afxed my sigthe tube and covering, the eoVering-layerf of nature in presence of two Witnesses.

rubber inelo'sing the tube, fibrous Covering i Y, T y T and protection-strip, a Cushion being located HERLERT A' TAYB E' 5 between the protection-strip and the oover- W'itnesses:

ing-layer f, the said parts being vulcanized A. D. IIARRISQN,

together, substantially as described. l). XV. PEZZETTI. 

